Core Requirements 
and diversity relate to learning and life in a global society and how they impact a student's immediate life and future.
Four required courses totaling 11 credits comprise the Integrated Studies Core Requirements:
INTS 2000 Interdisciplinary Studies (2)
Introduces students to the methods, practices and philosophy of integrated, interdisciplinary study. Students collaborate on problem-solving projects in which they apply integrative approaches to a number of disciplinary groupings. In consultation with the program advisor, each student completes a program plan that identifies the student's two concentration areas and defines the practical and academic bases for the discipline combination.
Students begin their Integrated Studies program with a general orientation to the major that introduces them to the theory and practice of integrative study. With the assistance of the program advisor, students design a course plan by selecting their concentration areas and identifying possible relationships between them in preparation for the culminating capstone project. The course stresses collaboration as an essential ingredient for success in college and work, and it encourages majors to develop an attitude of teamwork to achieve greater success in the degree.
The core also includes two courses on subjects that provide knowledge and skills vital to functioning and thriving in a complex and fast-changing world: diversity and ethics.
INTS 3000 Diversity in American Society (3)
Regardless of one's career path, an awareness of and engagement with contemporary issues of equality and opportunity are essential for a 21st century college graduate. For this reason, students take a course that addresses aspects of diversity and difference in the context of a pluralistic American society, focusing on diversity as it is viewed through students' specific concentration areas. Students are encouraged to view difference as inherent to a vigorous and lasting democracy and to exercise sophisticated judgments and genuine thoughtfulness when examining, evaluating, and communicating issues related to difference in culture and society.Engages students in a study of racial/ethnic, class, gender, cultural, and religious differences in the context of a pluralistic American society and an increasingly global, cross-cultural world. Students consider how ideals of justice, opportunity, and acceptance conflict with the realities of discrimination, inequity, and apathy. Through independent research and collaborative assignments, students examine how the imperative of diversity affects academic, business, social, political, and cultural assumptions and institutions.
INTS 3500 Ethics and Values (3)
Students complete a course that examines the philosophical foundations of ethics, focusing on central theories and practices that explain and influence personal, professional, academic, and social attitudes and behaviors. The course addresses the relationships between values and ethics as it explores the principal role ethics occupies in the contemporary world by exploring real-life questions from the disciplinary perspectives of their chosen areas of concentration, while learning to apply ethical principles to situations that they may encounter in their work and personal lives as a means to a better understanding of human motivation and conduct.Presents students with an examination of the relationships and conflicts between values and ethics in a variety of personal, professional, public and disciplinary contexts. Students review the history of ethical philosophy and practice as they explore the major ethical systems that have developed over time. The course emphasizes the application of ethical theories to contemporary situations and problems; students learn how to evaluate ethical beliefs and behaviors in the context of real-world situations.
INTS 4900 Senior Project (3)
This course provides the culminating experience in the degree. Students will select a topic, issue, or problem and relate their two areas of concentration through careful analysis and creative synthesis, producing a major project that applies their coursework from the Integrated Studies core to their knowledge and experiences in the discipline courses. Through a public presentation, students will present their research results.
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